February 25, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Mass layoff initial claims by industry, January 2011

Initial claimants for unemployment insurance due to mass layoff events, selected industries, January 2010 and January 2011
Industry	Jan 2010	Jan 2011
Manufacturing	104,846	75,006
Administrative and waste services	30,020	34,996
Retail trade	28,109	27,038
Construction	24,148	23,906
Transportation and warehousing	23,788	22,440
Government	10,084	11,755
Information	12,581	7,915
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	2,860	5,494
Professional and technical services	6,390	4,019
Wholesale trade	5,310	2,839
Finance and insurance	3,681	2,758

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